Augean Revenue and Small Grants Fund (United Kingdom)

They administer the scheme to fund projects within a 10 mile radius of Augean’s landfill sites – you can use their postcode checker and the magnifying glass in the top menu to search by postcode and see if it’s within the blue or green project areas.

Funding Information

• Revenue funding is available up to £5,000 for project costs such as administration costs, running costs, feasibility studies (e.g. paying for the running of a volunteer hub, management costs such as facilities manager for small, growing organisations, one off expense such as catering for an annual event).
• Capital funding is available up to £5,000 such as one-off equipment purchases for sports club, community centres, signage, defibrillators, benches, park equipment. For any capital projects needing more than £5,000.

Eligible Projects

• They like to support as many groups as possible that will help achieve one or more of the following outcomes.
• Provision, maintenance or improvement of facilities or schemes that increase:
  • health and wellbeing and active lifestyle participation in the community
  • volunteering within community to contribute to community self-help
  • financial resilience and sustainability for community groups
  • existing community services offered that benefit the wider community

Ineligible Projects

• Examples of what can’t be funded.
  • Large capital purchases in excess of £5,000 (e.g. sports facility improvements)
  • Works that are considered a statutory responsibility (e.g. verge mowing)
  • Projects that have exclusive membership and do not allow anyone to join
  • Any commercial or business venture which makes a profit
  • Religious promotion
  • Political promotion
  • Replacement of facilities subject to an insurance claim
  • Land banking
  • Organisations with more than 12 months free reserves unless a good reason can be given

Eligibility Criteria

• Any organisation with a constitution or charitable status that directly benefits the community can apply (e.g. community groups, parish councils, sports associations).
• All groups must be constituted and not-for-profit.
• Schools and religious institutions can apply if they can clearly show the wider community will benefit

Key Guidance

• Other key information to consider before applying.
  • Match funding is not required
  • All awards will be subject to a grant agreement
  • All grants are paid retrospectively upon receipt of invoices
  • Projects cannot start before the funding application has been approved
  • Applicants are responsible for ensuring they have all relevant documentation (e.g. planning permission, building control, regulations, tenancy and lease agreements)
  • Activities must be widely advertised, open to the public and fully accessible to all
  • The project must acknowledge the contribution of Augean PLC
  • The project must have the support of the community, its need identified in consultation and be sup- ported by the management committee, landlord, town or parish council, etc, and ratified in minutes
  • The amount of monies available each year differ and can be withdrawn at any time. Therefore, projects are asked to look at their other options for future sustainability
  • Where the amount of monies requested exceeds the amount of monies available, preference will be given to those within a 5-mile radius
  • Where the amount required from applications exceed the amount of funding available, priority will be given to those projects that best meet the outcomes.

For more information, visit North Northamptonshire Council.